I too miss old-fashion fun superhero books (though I also enjoy the current GL gore-fests and finally got around to reading Green Lantern Corps: Recharge today), but I’ve never read Super Friends. I did, however, pick up the first two issues of Batman: The Brave and the Bold (mostly because Jaime Reyes was in the first one), but I personally found them TOO simplistic for my tastes—comics don’t have to be simple to appeal to kids, I say! Anyway, I picked up the first Tiny Titans trade at the library yesterday, so maybe that one will be more to my liking.

I’ve also never checked out Phonogram, though I’ve enjoyed Mr. Gillen’s Beta Ray Bill and S.W.O.R.D., so I might have to. Oh, and Neal K.—I guess a lot of people in my area need to be ostracized, because my local shop doesn’t have ANY holds for Phonogram (though one customer gets it in trade). We had one, but I guess that customer was more of a fan of Mr. McKelvie and didn’t like the story (sorry, Mr. Gillen!).

I do like the new format, but I also wish the cover showed up again when you actually discussed each issue. But that’s just me.

Jack Norris: The reference to the “DC Superfriends” as the name of the team within the book itself is pretty grating. I’ve read the “super-pets” issue, where they team up to fight Kanjar Ro, to my 4-year-old daughter dozens of times by now, and I just skip that part and either call them the Superfriends or the Justice League.

Ahhh, The Humpty Dance. Never fails to make me smile a little…

Mary: Batman: Unseen is a “lost” tale of Bruce Wayne as Batman. Apparently Bruce is still Batman in Brave and the Bold, Superman/Batman and Batman Confidential, so I don’t know why DC has to go out of the way to let us know that this is a “lost” tale. We all know Bruce is coming back, so we’re perfectly comfortable with reading stories about him.

And if you have the money, definitely check out Phonogram.

FGJ: Yeah, I know. I bought my other daughter Magic Trixie and she likes looking at the pictures. I’ve given Mia a few comics, but she doesn’t seem that interested. We’ll see!

Good call, Random Stranger!

Suggestion for a comic for your girls: ELECTRIC GIRL by Mike Brennan through AIT/PlanetLar

http://www.electricgirl.com/

I can’t say I bought any of the selections you mentioned (in fact my shopping this week was basically completing my runs of HELLBOY: The WILD HUNT, BPRD: 1947, and WITCHFINDER series from my mail order retailer and getting nothing from my LCS).

My friend (and former CBRian) Figaro got the Super Friends comic, though.

I don’t like Maleev’s art, either. He seems to be a decent enough penciler (or photo-tracer, or whatever it is he does), but I’d really prefer normal colouring, and none of these weird special-effects he does. I haven’t read the newest Spider-Woman, so I can’t comment on what he does there specifically, but I haven’t liked the previous books I’ve seen him do. (I’ll probably still buy the Spider-Woman, though. It’s a bit dull so far, but I know Bendis can take a while to warm up, and I do like most of the other things I’ve read by him.)

I never heard of Phonogram until last week, or Kieron Gillen or McKelvie, but I did like SWORD, so I might start getting Phonogram. If I can afford it. Maybe.

And I also love the new format with all the covers at the beginning.

Cheers,
Francesco

And you nailed my problem with Maleev’s art here rather well (before I could figure it out myself…).

BUUUUUUUUUUUUT, you don’t win the parenting award of the year for the “indoctrinating your daughter into the ways of comics”.

Tsk tsk tsk. The poor wee girl being contaminated and corrupted by comics. Tsk tsk tsk.

“I’m busy indoctrinating my daughter into the ways of comics.”

Clearly, the best way to do this is to jump out of doorways dressed as Wonder Woman.

Alan: Yeah, I liked the back cover too. It was keen-o.

My wife is fairly certain she got the T-shirt during one of her rare trips to Wal-Mart. They’re good for something!